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The aim of this survey is to identify whether there is a need for a Community Garden in Saintfield based on local needs and demands. The Community Garden will be located adjacent to the Saintfield Community Centre and will provide opportunities for local residents to engage with nature, undertake horticultural activities, grow fruit and vegetables, socialise and stay physically active. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

The survery can be found HERE or by clicking on the picture below..

Saintfield Heritage Society is organising a guided walk around Saintfield
on 12th September as part of this year’s European Heritage Open Days.

Meet in the Memorial Garden located in the graveyard of 1st Saintfield Presbyterian Church.

Access is from the bottom of Comber Street, near the mini roundabout.

The walk starts at 3:00 pm and will last about 90 minutes.

The EHOD 2021 brochure can be downloaded HERE.

The facts that I have on this side of the Atlantic (US/Canada) are pretty well known, but where my family came from in County Down not so much.

I know that William McGibbon (Sr.) was born around 1783 and married Agnes. They had some children James (1816); Joseph (1820); William (1830); Margaret (1810); Susanna (1825); Mary (1814). There was also a Samuel who may have been a relative but not a child of theirs.  James may have immigrated a bit earlier than the rest of the family which seems to have left in 1847. Apparently they were either connected by marriage or good friendship to a McCracken family as there was some correspondence years later which mentioned the old homestead in Glassdrumman.

They originally settled in Moores Mills, New Brunswick Canada, but most of the family immigrated once again to Lewiston, Maine in the United States.

If anyone has any information regarding my family in the Saintfield area I (and the rest of the family) would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks again for any assistance you can render.

Saintfield Development Association’s Saintfield News Issue 22 has been distributed by members to homes in Saintfield, but in case you didn’t receive a copy it can be downloaded here by clicking on the image below.